170 Cooperation in Agriculture 



" ' I agree to deliver eggs at the creamery that will not be to 

 exceed 8 days old and to be picked in (gathered) twice every day. 



"' Eggs to be of uniform size (no under-size or over-size eggs). 



" ' Eggs to be clean and to be kept in a cool, dry cellar. 



" ' Brown eggs to be put in one carton and white in another and 

 so marked. 



" ' Each egg to be stamped on the side and carton to be stamped 

 on the top. 



" ' I agree not to sell any eggs that I have marked with the 

 creamery company's trade-mark to any one else but the creamery 

 company, and to return stamps and other supplies that have been 

 furnished, in case I should decide to discontinue to sell eggs to 

 the creamery company.' 



"It is readily discernible from the provisions of this 

 agreement that the aim is to get a grade of uniform, clean, 

 dependable eggs, of reasonable freshness. It might seem 

 that requiring delivery once in eight days would not be 

 frequent enough, but the nights in Minnesota even in 

 summer are said to be usually cool, and this condition, 

 together with the gathering twice a day and the storage 

 in dry, cool cellars, must account for the fact that no com- 

 plaints have been received on the score of staleness. 



"The separation of the brown and the white eggs serves 

 two purposes. First, it promotes uniformity and greater 

 attractiveness of appearance, and second, it encourages 

 the keeping of the breeds of hens which lay white eggs, 

 because the owner of the creamery pays during the spring 

 months 1 cent more for white eggs than for brown. The 

 creamery owner justifies this action by the statement that 

 it was his belief that his markets would pay a premium 

 for white eggs in the near future, and that he wished to 

 stimulate the keeping of one class of chickens, so as to 

 insure a more uniform product. 



